“Freedom is not about the size of your cage or power of your wings or non-attachment to a person or a thing. Freedom is about being truly, madly and deeply attached to your own soul that you can’t bear – if only for a moment – a life that doesn’t honor it.” -Andréa Balt

Until one is committed there is hesitancy, always ineffective. Concerning all acts of initiative there’s one elementary truth. The moment one commits oneself then providence moves too. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius power and magic in it. Begin it now.

Bruce Lee’s philosophy of how to deal with challenges in our day to day life, never grows old. “You cannot force the Now. But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.” -Bruce Lee

A place that remains unchanged shows how you have altered. Often, disappointment in ourselves is sourced in comparing ourselves to others. More empowering is exploring a comparison of self-with-self, and doing that in relationship to people, places or moments from our past.

Over the years your personal growth is exponential, which we so often don’t see for ourselves. “Keeping a journal, over an extended period of time, is a terrific way to record your evolution. Re-reading it will help you in those times that you feel there has been no forward movement.” -Thea Westra

All you need do is to act from what you can see is true. You know better than to run from one scary doubt right into the arms of another. Practice this lesson in the trying moments of life. There is nothing that needs to be done with any dark state except for you to stay awake and watchful.

With any dark state, stay awake and watchful. There is nothing that needs to be done with any dark state except for you to stay awake and watchful. Whatever wants to frighten you will eventually fade into the nothingness from out of which it came in the first place.

Listen to the voice of truth & do what it tells you to do. Here’s the beauty and the secret way in which higher self-knowledge rescues the one who actualizes it. You don’t have to do anything else. Your part in the process is done. All you need to do is to listen to the voice of truth.

Move toward your desired lifestyle one new habit at a time. You may transform overnight and ‘morph’ into that desired persona or lifestyle. It’s a rare occurrence though! Consider how you got where you are today. In that very same way you can get to where you want to be. The timeline is up to you.

Life is not a practice game. When will you live your life, the one you choose for yourself? If you are waiting for something, what are you waiting for? What if “that thing” you’re waiting for never happens?

Fear has many disguises and it can sometimes look like procrastination, being vague, confusion, indecision, going slow on a project, avoidance, being easily distracted… How does fear show itself in your life at the moment?

Flow on effect… Tackle that issue you’ve most avoided. “When you empower one area of your life, there is a flow on effect into many others. Particularly, when you finally tackle that issue you’ve most avoided.” -Thea Westra

Pain of change… The pain of change must become less than the pain of staying the same. Be willing to release the patterns that are creating the conditions you do not want. Most of us know what we need to be doing or being in order to improve our lives or to move forward.

When you die… Learn how to call up your inner calm. Life is an ever-growing process, an ever-renewing process. You’ll never have it “all handled” when you die. There’ll still be items to attend in your “in-tray”! There is no finish line, there is no race, there is nowhere to “get”. There is simply, life.

Smile before you sleep… It is healthy to smile before you sleep. “Put a smile on your face as you close your eyes to sleep. Smiling causes your brain to send out endorphins that help you feel good.” -Chunyi Lin

Infatuation is when you think he’s as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he’s as ….[read quote in image], but you love him anyway. Judith Viorst quote.

Befriending who we are… Meditation is about befriending who we already are. “The point is not to try to change ourselves. Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.” -Pema Chödrön

“If you’re impatient while waiting for the bus, tell yourself you’re doing ‘Bus waiting meditation’. If you’re standing in a slow line at the drugstore, you’re doing ‘Waiting in line meditation’. Just saying these words makes me feel very spiritual and high-minded and wise.” -Gretchen Rubin

Do you ever make mountains out of molehills? “At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I’ve made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills.” -Ringo Starr

Imagined thought… “Our subconscious minds have no sense of humour, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.” -Robert Collier

Every meltdown brings its own miracles. There’s merit & magic in every meltdown… “Knowing is grand. Control has its place. Yet there’s merit & magic in every meltdown and in every cycle of uncertainty.” -Lissa Boles

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